Well I feel like I should say welcome to the decade of the
young adult series turned into a movie franchise, but really I should have said
that before the first hunger games… wait I forgot about the dreadfully awful
twilight movies, so I guess we are nearing the end of that decade then, unless
any of you know of a series that is being converted that I’m not aware of.
Welcome to the dystopic future of Chicago, where we think we
might be the only living humans left on earth, unlikely, just like the fact you
can’t rebuild basic com systems to check, but you can make all this crazy new
tech… I will let this one slide, this time. Society has been divided into 5
different groups that manage govern and protect the people of the city, and
when their children reach the age of mid-teens they are tested and have to
decide where they want to proceed to their future.
Our story follows that of Beatrice Prior, a young woman
going for her pre-selection test, but when her test comes back inconclusive,
more commonly known as Divergent, she doesn’t know what to do. Normally those
raised in their faction tend to continue on in their faction, but the point of
the selection is to give you the ability to choose where you want to continue,
posed with this problem Beatrice wants to make a difference in her life and
thinks the best way of doing that is by joining Dauntless, the warrior faction.
In choosing Dauntless she has to leave her family and friends back in
Abnegation.
Beatrice, now going by Tris, has to work harder than ever to
meet the expectations of Dauntless, and to keep her secret hidden from
everyone, because as Tris finds out, one of the main things that Dauntless does
to protect the city is to hunt down and remove Divergents with the help of the
Erudites, the intelligence seekers and lawmakers.
In comparison to Hunger Games I thought this was a better
story, and movie. I definitely want to read the books now that I have a taste
for it. I have stated before, I think in a Nothing Presents podcast, that dystopic
is one of my two favorite movie genres, the other being time travel. I really didn’t
have too many problems with this movie, other than small things like the not
knowing if they were the only humans left.
It is a great movie to see in theaters, but it isn’t a have
to see, unless you go IMAX, then definitely go see it in theaters.
I give it a 4 out of 5
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